I was a 5’7” forward playing against 6’1” girls during my days as a high school basketball player. Call me Mugsy Bogues.
Except unlike Mugsy, I was also slow and unable to jump more than three inches off the ground. But what I lacked in height and hang time, I made up for with heart.
I was that person who wore t-shirts with sayings like, “Basketball is life—nothing else matters.” While everyone...

When Leasing Professionals have a lot of apartments to lease, it can feel a little like eating an elephant. That availability list can feel like it goes on for pages, and even deciding what to show and what to rent can be overwhelming.
So how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Overwhelmed leasing teams will focus on what’s been vacant the longest. And since it has been vacant the...

I’m a risk-taker. Fashion forward. Ahead of the times.
For example, I wore oversized glasses in middle school, way before all the hipsters started doing it in Brooklyn. Sure, fellow classmates were probably making fun of me behind my back, but no matter—I was cool and I knew it.
Now every hipster worth his organic salt is copying 12-year-old me.
I also rocked skinny jeans before skinny jeans...

I once had a boss who told me it was my job to make sure he was never surprised. I thought that was odd, but over time I realized it was brilliant… because nobody likes a bad surprise.
When it comes to student housing inspections, it’s likely that nothing would surprise your team. But your inspection team is probably not your major concern. It’s your student residents—and their parents— that...